The dust has hardly settled from last year's elections but Georgia is fast approaching another election day.

November 7 is the date set aside for municipal elections in the state this year. Officialy, its an election off-year, meaning no national or statewide offices are up for grabs. But, that's not true of hundreds of local posts around Georgia, mostly for mayor, city council, and city school board.

Qualifying for these elections begins Monday. The closing dates vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The deadline is Wednesday in some places, Friday in others.

In Hall County. 28 seats will be at stake:

*Buford (portions of which are also in Gwinnett County):

City Commission Post 2 - Chris Burge

City Commission Post 3 - Michael Smith

School Board - Bruce Fricks

School Board - Pat Pirkle

*Braselton (portions of which are also in Jackson, Barrow and Gwinnett counties)

Mayor - Bill Orr

District 2 City Council - Peggy Slappey

District 4 City Council - Rhonda Sites

*Lula (portions of which are in Banks County)

Mayor - Milton Turner

Post 2 City Council - Marvin Moore

Post 3 City Council - Mordecai Wilson

*Gillsville

Mayor - Larry Poole

Council Post 1 - Roy Turpin

Council Post 2 - Vacant

*Gainesville

Mayor - Danny Dunagan

City Council Ward 1 - Sam Couvillon

City Council Ward 4 - George Wangemann

School Board District 1 - Brett Mercer

School Board District 4 - Delores Diaz

*Oakwood

Mayor - Lamar Scroggs

City Council Post 1 - Sam Evans

City Council Post 2 - Pat Jones

*Flowery Branch

Mayor - Mike Miller

City Council Post 3 - Fred Richards

City Council Post 4 - Joe Anglin

City Council Post 5 - Monica Beatty

*Clermont

Mayor - James Nix

City Council Ward 3 - Margaret Merritt

City Council Wardt 4 - Kristi Crumpton

Across northeast Georgia, scores of other cities and towns will be holding qualifying next week.

One police officer was killed and three wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers were responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, police said Saturday. In addition, two Pennsylvania state troopers were shot sand wounded Friday night.

The mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, is calling for an emergency meeting of state lawmakers to allow the city to swiftly remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a request that was swiftly rejected by the state's governor

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is piece-by-piece undermining the White House's most recent explanations about the firing of FBI Director James Comey during testimony before a Senate committee Thursday

A candidate for Georgia's 9th Congressional District is hosting a non-partisan town hall event this Thursday in Gainesville to discuss the Affordable Health Care Act (ACHA) and its impact on local families.

The Hall County Board of Elections and Voter Registration is moving forward with the voluntary offering of voting materials in both English and Spanish, something Hispanic activist groups are applauding.

One police officer was killed and three wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers were responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, police said Saturday. In addition, two Pennsylvania state troopers were shot sand wounded Friday night.